Systems and Methods For Workstation Rendering Medical Image Records

1. A method for transferring and rendering a medical image record, comprising: receiving, at a workstation of a first user, a subscription to a worklist, the worklist including a Study list having one or more Studies, each Study including at least one Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (“DICOM”) image; pre-rendering and compressing, by one or more computing devices, at least one DICOM image associated with each Study on the Study list; transferring, from the one or more computing devices to the workstation, one or more pre-rendered and compressed DICOM images; receiving, at the workstation, a request to view at least one pre-rendered and compressed DICOM image; decompressing, at the workstation, at least one requested pre-rendered and compressed DICOM image; rendering, at the workstation, at least one decompressed DICOM image; and displaying at least one rendered DICOM image at the workstation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein pre-rendering and compressing each DICOM image occurs prior to receiving the subscription.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing, by the one or more computing devices, at least one pre-rendered and compressed DICOM image.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising querying, by the workstation and to the one or more computing devices, to identify each Study associated with the worklist.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising querying, by the workstation and to the one or more computing devices, to identify prior Studies associated with each Study on the Study list, and adding the prior Studies to the Study list.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising querying, by the workstation and to the one or more computing devices, to identify each DICOM image associated with each Study on the Study list.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, from the workstation and to the one or more computing devices, a request to pre-render and compress each Study on the Study list.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising querying, by the workstation and to the one or more computing devices, to identify a maximum number of parallel channels for transferring the DICOM images.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing, at the workstation, the pre-rendered and compressed DICOM images.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein compressing at least one DICOM image comprises extracting original pixel data from the at least one DICOM image, respectively.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein pre-rendering at least one DICOM image comprises calculating at least one rendering parameter of the at least one DICOM image, respectively.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein pre-rendering and compressing at least one DICOM image comprises pre-rendering and compressing at least one original DICOM image.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein pre-rendering and compressing at least one DICOM image comprises pre-rendering and compressing at least one clinically compressed DICOM image.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein rendering at least one decompressed DICOM image comprises rendering the at least one decompressed DICOM image as a Portable Network Graphic (“PNG”) file.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein rendering at least one decompressed DICOM image comprises rendering the at least one decompressed DICOM image as a Joint Photographic Experts Group (“JPEG”) file.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing, at the workstation, at least one decompressed DICOM image.

17. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to: receive, at a workstation of a first user, a subscription to a worklist, the worklist including a Study list having one or more Studies, each Study including at least one Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (“DICOM”) image; pre-render and compress, by one or more computing devices, at least one DICOM image associated with each Study on the Study list; transfer, from the one or more computing devices to the workstation, one or more pre-rendered and compressed DICOM images; receive, at the workstation, a request to view at least one pre-rendered and compressed DICOM image; decompress, at the workstation, at least one requested pre-rendered and compressed DICOM image; render, at the workstation, at least one decompressed DICOM image; and displaying at least one rendered DICOM image at the workstation.

18. A system comprising: one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to: receive, at a workstation of a first user, a subscription to a worklist, the worklist including a Study list having one or more Studies, each Study including at least one Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (“DICOM”) image; pre-render and compress, by one or more computing devices, at least one DICOM image associated with each Study on the Study list; transfer, from the one or more computing devices to the workstation, one or more pre-rendered and compressed DICOM images; receive, at the workstation, a request to view at least one pre-rendered and compressed DICOM image; decompress, at the workstation, at least one requested pre-rendered and compressed DICOM image; render, at the workstation, at least one decompressed DICOM image; and displaying at least one rendered DICOM image at the workstation.